Classmates, This month’s memoir writer, Stuart Niemtzow, is the third former resident of the first floor of Speakman Hall during our freshman year to contribute to this series; Chris Royston and I were the other two Speakman denizens. Stu also is the first ‘72 author to be married to a classmate, Joellen “Elly” Mazor, although they did not meet until 1980. Before entering Penn, Niemtzow, who was born and raised in Freehold, New Jersey, attended the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut. While at Penn, he majored in political science and was a member of the SAM fraternity. Following graduation, Stu attended the George Washington University Law School from which he graduated in 1975. For the first half of his legal career, Niemtzow was a white collar crime prosecutor in Philadelphia; since leaving the prosecutor’s office, he has been in private practice where he specializes in low-volume personal injury cases, malpractice, and products liability. Stu and Elly live in Bala Cynwyd (PA), but spend as much time as they can in a four season cabin which they own on the mid-coast of Maine. They have two sons: Andrew, a Tufts graduate who is 27 and Josh, 21, who is a junior at Emory. When not working, Stu jogs and works out with a personal trainer twice a week. He is also a wine aficionado and previously taught courses on Burgundies and other French wines. Cooking is another one of his hobbies as he has both a smoker and a commercial pizza oven in his garage. Niemtzow describes himself as a voracious reader of non-fiction wherein he concentrates on the history of the Holocaust. Stu’s submission, “How Penn Basketball (Literally) Might Have Saved My Life,” had a special meaning to me as I received #32 in the initial draft lottery. Since I did not read the NewYork Times as regularly as our writer did, I ended up enlisting into the US Army Reserve and kept Harrisburg safe from the Red invasion from 1972 through 1975. Please see below for the 24 th memoir in our series. There still remain 21 memoirs to meet the goal of “45 for 45.” In upcoming months, there will be memories submitted by Mark Blum, Jane Brady, Marlene Price, Mike Cook, John Daly, and Nancy Gerth. These publications will reduce the “magic number” to 16.
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Classmates,
This month’s memoir writer, Stuart Niemtzow, is the third former resident of the first
floor of Speakman Hall during our freshman year to contribute to this series; Chris
Royston and I were the other two Speakman denizens. Stu also is the first ‘72 author to
be married to a classmate, Joellen “Elly” Mazor, although they did not meet until 1980.
Before entering Penn, Niemtzow, who was born and raised in Freehold, New
Jersey, attended the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut. While at Penn, he majored in
political science and was a member of the SAM fraternity. Following graduation, Stu
attended the George Washington University Law School from which he graduated in
1975. For the first half of his legal career, Niemtzow was a white collar crime
prosecutor in Philadelphia; since leaving the prosecutor’s office, he has been in private
practice where he specializes in low-volume personal injury cases, malpractice, and
products liability.
Stu and Elly live in Bala Cynwyd (PA), but spend as much time as they can in a four
season cabin which they own on the mid-coast of Maine. They have two sons: Andrew,
a Tufts graduate who is 27 and Josh, 21, who is a junior at Emory. When not working,
Stu jogs and works out with a personal trainer twice a week. He is also a wine
aficionado and previously taught courses on Burgundies and other French wines.
Cooking is another one of his hobbies as he has both a smoker and a commercial pizza
oven in his garage. Niemtzow describes himself as a voracious reader of non-fiction
wherein he concentrates on the history of the Holocaust.
Stu’s submission, “How Penn Basketball (Literally) Might Have Saved My Life,” had a
special meaning to me as I received #32 in the initial draft lottery. Since I did not read
the NewYork Times as regularly as our writer did, I ended up enlisting into the US Army
Reserve and kept Harrisburg safe from the Red invasion from 1972 through 1975.
Please see below for the 24th
memoir in our series.
There still remain 21 memoirs to meet the goal of “45 for 45.” In upcoming months,
there will be memories submitted by Mark Blum, Jane Brady, Marlene Price, Mike
Cook, John Daly, and Nancy Gerth. These publications will reduce the “magic number”
to 16.
If you would like to share your own story with the rest of the class or have any other
questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by email at [email protected] or by
telephone at 973-951-6203. Click on the Class of 1972 Website to read all the memoirs.
Best,
Jeff Rothbard, President
Class of 1972
Picture of Stu and his "lifesaver", Alan “Coins” Cotler.